Rakhi Lahiri ’10

“After college, I was a victim witness advocate in the Suffolk County DA’s Office,” she explains. “I thought I wanted to be a DA, but I wanted to have a range of experiences so I could say for certain.”

At Northeastern, she tried it all, with varying co-ops in New Delhi, India; San Francisco and Boston. “I had a good idea of the prosecutor’s position. But I wanted to learn more about other perspectives—the defense attorney, the victim, the accused,” Rakhi says.

Today, Rakhi is back where she started, but this time, as an assistant district attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. “Northeastern helped prepare me to be the kind of prosecutor I want to be,” she says, “one with perspective.”

“Co-op allowed me to explore which area of law best suits my passion and interests.”

Rakhi Lahiri ’10

Associate Attorney, Glickman Turley, Boston

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There’s no place like home, Rakhi Lahiri ’10 discovered.

“After college, I was a victim witness advocate in the Suffolk County DA’s Office,” she explains. “I thought I wanted to be a DA, but I wanted to have a range of experiences so I could say for certain.”

At Northeastern, she tried it all, with varying co-ops in New Delhi, India; San Francisco and Boston. “I had a good idea of the prosecutor’s position. But I wanted to learn more about other perspectives—the defense attorney, the victim, the accused,” Rakhi says.

Today, Rakhi is back where she started, but this time, as an assistant district attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. “Northeastern helped prepare me to be the kind of prosecutor I want to be,” she says, “one with perspective.”

“Co-op allowed me to explore which area of law best suits my passion and interests.”

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US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston

Rakhi wrote bench memoranda for civil and criminal matters, including habeas corpus petitions, breaches of contract and maritime issues.